282 MELIPHAGIDiE. 



1. Melitograis gilolensis. 



Meliphao:a gilolensis, Temm. Mtis. Lii(j<l. {teste Saload.). 

 Tropidorlivnchus pilolensis, Bp. C.A. i. p.390 (1850) ; Finsch, Neu- 



Guai. p' 165 ; Grai), Hand-l. B. i. p. 160, no. 2091 ; Meyer, Sitzb. 



Ak. JViss. Wien, Ixx. p. 210 ; Salvad. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 194 ; id. 



Orn. Papuasia etc. ii. p. 349. 

 Anthocbtera senex, Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 349 ; Meyer, I. c. 

 Philemon senex, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 160, no. 2079 ; Meyer, I. c. 

 Melitogi-ais striata, Siuid. Met/i. Av. Tent. p. 50 (1872) ; Meyer, I. c. 

 Melitograis gilolensis, Salv. Ann. Mtis. Ctv. Gen. vii. p. 775 (1876), 



xvi. p. 79 ; id. Orn. Papuasia etc. ii. p. 349. 

 Melidipnus gilolensis, Cab. ^ Reichenow, J. f. O. 1876, p. 321. 



Adult. The ocular region, part of the sides of the fore neck, and 

 sides of the occiput bare ; the stiff lanceolate feathers of the crown 

 brownish grey with white shafts ; neck, mantle, and back blackish 

 brown tinged with olive, with the shafts white ; lower back and 

 upper tail-coverts inclining to pale brown ; wings, wing-coverts, 

 and tail light brown ; feathers of throat, fore neck, and breast dark 

 brown, with conspicuous white shafts ; some of the feathers of the 

 breast with pale tips ; abdomen, flanks, under tail-covcrts, and thighs 

 dull brown ; axillaries and inner margin of quills rich fulvous ; under 

 wing-coverts gre3ish rufous ; the shafts of the wing- and tail- 

 feathers dark brown above, white below. Culmen 1'2-1*4 inch, 

 wing 3-9-4-3, tail 3-3-5, tarsus 1-1-1-2. 



The female differs from the male in being smaller. 



Young birds have the wing-coverts and remige.s broadly edged 

 with rufous. 



Ilab. Molucca Islands. 



a, b. (S ad. ; c. Juv. ?k. Gilolo. A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



d. Ad. sk. (albino). Gilolo. A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



,/. Ad. sk. Butchian. A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



ff. (S ad. sk. Batchian. A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



(Type of species.) 

 A. Ad. sk. BatchiSin (Wallace). Gould Collection. 



15. PROMEROPS. 



Type. 



Promerops, Brisson, Ornith. ii. pi. 34 (17(,0) P. cafer. 



Ptiloturus, Strains, {nee Boie), Classif. B. ii. p. 327 (1837) . . P. cafer. 

 Ptilurus, Strickl. (1841). 



Bill slender and slightly curved, almost double the length of the 

 head, with ridged culmen. Nostrils longitudinal, operculated, not 

 covered by feathers ; no bristles. First primary half the length of the 

 second. Tip of wing formed by third to .sixth primaries. Tail ex- 

 tremely long. Tarsus covered with scales. Length of wing about 

 3-5-3-7 inches. 



Range. South Africa. 



